Bitcoin-fueled Peer-to-Peer Blender Rendering (and more)
Binary downloads can be found on on https://bitwrk.net and https://dl.bitwrk.net/
For more information please refer to BitWrk's home page at https://bitwrk.net/
This release concentrates on features requested by Blender3D users:
BitWrk client is now started by Blender add-on. Use of command-line no longer necessary.
Connect a bunch of computers in your network and profit from BitWrk's built-in support for local network rendering, without using the BitWrk service. If you want to, you can get additional power from BitWrk.
It is now very easy to start a local rendering slave from within the Blender add-on.
This release concentrates on making BitWrk easier to use, by hiding advanced options by default and by preventing some common errors.
You need at least Blender 2.76 (Blender 2.79 is recommended).
Download the BitWrk binary release specific your OS and unpack it somewhere.
Download render_bitwrk-0.6.3.zip and install it as a Blender add-on (see Blender Manual).
In the settings of the Blender add-on there is an option to select which BitWrk client you would like to start. Select the executable from the archive you downloaded (bitwrk-client.exe or just bitwrk-client). Click on "Start BitWrk client".
To start a render, press F12 as usual. You will see that a number of colored tiles is shown in the render area. Before rendering can begin, you need to set the price you're willing to pay for a tile. You can do that in the BitWrk client's user interface. Click on "Open BitWrk Client User Interface". Click on "Publish". Set "BTC 0" as price. Set "Valid up to" to 100 trades. Click "Submit" and BitWrk will start dispatching tiles to the network, accelerating your rendering.
You can accelerate it further by starting a worker on your own computer.
For more information please refer to BitWrk's home page at https://bitwrk.net/
This release concentrates on features requested by Blender3D users:
BitWrk client is now started by Blender add-on. Use of command-line no longer necessary.
Connect a bunch of computers in your network and profit from BitWrk's built-in support for local network rendering, without using the BitWrk service. If you want to, you can get additional power from BitWrk.
It is now very easy to start a local rendering slave from within the Blender add-on.
This release concentrates on making BitWrk easier to use, by hiding advanced options by default and by preventing some common errors.
You need at least Blender 2.76 (Blender 2.79 is recommended).
Download the BitWrk binary release specific your OS and unpack it somewhere.
Download render_bitwrk-0.6.3.zip and install it as a Blender add-on (see Blender Manual).
In the settings of the Blender add-on there is an option to select which BitWrk client you would like to start. Select the executable from the archive you downloaded (bitwrk-client.exe or just bitwrk-client). Click on "Start BitWrk client".
To start a render, press F12 as usual. You will see that a number of colored tiles is shown in the render area. Before rendering can begin, you need to set the price you're willing to pay for a tile. You can do that in the BitWrk client's user interface. Click on "Open BitWrk Client User Interface". Click on "Publish". Set "BTC 0" as price. Set "Valid up to" to 100 trades. Click "Submit" and BitWrk will start dispatching tiles to the network, accelerating your rendering.
You can accelerate it further by starting a worker on your own computer.
For more information please refer to BitWrk's home page at https://bitwrk.net/
This release concentrates on features requested by Blender3D users:
BitWrk client is now started by Blender add-on. Use of command-line no longer necessary.
Connect a bunch of computers in your network and profit from BitWrk's built-in support for local network rendering, without using the BitWrk service. If you want to, you can get additional power from BitWrk.
It is now very easy to start a local rendering slave from within the Blender add-on.
This release concentrates on making BitWrk easier to use, by hiding advanced options by default and by preventing some common errors.
You need at least Blender 2.76 (Blender 2.78 is recommended).
Download the BitWrk binary release specific your OS and unpack it somewhere.
Download render_bitwrk-0.6.2.zip and install it as a Blender add-on (see Blender Manual).
In the settings of the Blender add-on there is an option to select which BitWrk client you would like to start. Select the executable from the archive you downloaded (bitwrk-client.exe or just bitwrk-client). Click on "Start BitWrk client".
To start a render, press F12 as usual. You will see that a number of colored tiles is shown in the render area. Before rendering can begin, you need to set the price you're willing to pay for a tile. You can do that in the BitWrk client's user interface. Click on "Open BitWrk Client User Interface". Click on "Publish". Set "BTC 0" as price. Set "Valid up to" to 100 trades. Click "Submit" and BitWrk will start dispatching tiles to the network, accelerating your rendering.
You can accelerate it further by starting a worker on your own computer.
For more information please refer to BitWrk's home page at https://bitwrk.net/
This is an old release of BitWrk. Please use the latest version instead!
You're looking at BitWrk 0.6.0 "Mars". Please use the latest version instead.
You're looking at BitWrk 0.6.0-rc1. Please use the latest version instead.
User-visible features of the new release include:
Additionally, a couple of bugs have been fixed:
As always, a complete list of changes can be found on Github's issue tracking system.
User-visible features of the new release include:
Server-side enhancements:
Additionally, some bugs have been fixed and the project's source code has been split into smaller modules.
A complete list of changes can be found on Github's issue tracking system.
Support for Blender 2.72(a), an optimal tiling algorithm and usability enhancements are the key features of this release.